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Site-specific recombinases and their essential role in synthetic biology.
Biotechnology advances · · Review · Open access
Ba, Sun
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Site-specific recombinases enable permanent, heritable DNA rearrangements at specific attachment sites, and their systematic characterization is central to advancing synthetic biology toolkits.
- Why it matters: The field needs a consolidated view of recombinase concepts, mechanisms, engineering strategies, and applications to guide future discovery and practical genetic toolbox development.
- What they did: This review comprehensively summarizes site-specific recombinases by enzyme categories, structural mechanisms, key characteristics, recombination models, engineering strategies, and functional applications.
- The result: Continued discovery, characterization, and engineering of site-specific recombinases are anticipated to accelerate synthetic biology and support more robust, versatile, practical genetic toolboxes.
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